Mine detail: Manto Verde

Previously called 'El Salado Cu Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

-26.55581, -70.32732

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Gold, Iron
Ore:	Chalcopyrite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Apatite, Chlorite, Feldspar, Magnetite, Quartz, Uraninite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Other material:	Hematite, Pyrite, Specularite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Marine Sedimentary & Andesitic Volcanic Rocks Unit;Continental Sedimentary & Andesitic Volcanic Rocks Unit;Marine Sedimentary & Volcanic Rocks Unit;Continental-Marine Sedimentary & Felsic Tuffaceous Rock Units
Host type:	Andesite
Associated rock:	Granodiorite Unit;Jur-Cret;Quartzose Granite Unit;Undiff., Metamorphic Rocks
Associated type:	Diorite,Andesite,Granite
Structure:	North-Trending Broad Open Folds, Faults Of Varying Lengths And Displacements And Plutonic Masses. Near Falla Salado., Folds, System Of Ne-&Nnw-Striking Dikes In Pal Rocks & N-Striking Dikes In Post-Pal Rocks, See Faults Mentioned In Ore Control. Bedding At N20w, 55ne
Tectonic:	Andean Cordillera And Batholith
Alteration processes:	Hydrothermal And Contact Metamorphic Alteration; Propylitic

References

MRDS	W001976
DEP	10068735
Reference	{Deposit:: RUIZ, F., CARLOS, 1965, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: INST. INV. GEOL. CHILE, 305 P. (SPANISH)}{Deposit:: BOWES, W. A., AND OTHERS, 1966, EXPLORACION DE MINERALES RADIACTIVOS EN CHILE, PROV. ATACAMA AND COQUIMBO: CHILE INST. INV. GEOL. BOL. 22, PT., 2, P. 7-26 (SPANISH)}{Deposit:: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, 1967, MINERAL SURVEY, OF NORTHERN CHILE: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 39-41}{Deposit:: RUIZ, C. AND PEEBLES, F., 1988, YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE CHILE: SANTIAGO, 334 P.}{Deposit:: LITTLE, J., 1926, GEOLOGY AND METAL DEPOSITS OF CHILE: THE BRANWELL CO., NEW YORK, P. 87.}{Deposit:: DIAZ, ET AL., 1980, MAPA METALOGENICO PRONOSTICO DE LA III REGION: CORPORACION DE FOMENTO DE LA PRODUCCION, SANTIAGO (5 VOLS.)}{Deposit:: FRUTOS, J. AND PINCHEIRA, M., 1986, FICHAS METALOGENICAS DE YACIMIENTOS MINERALES METALICOS CHILENOS, IN FRUTOS, J., OYARZUN, J., AND PINCHEIRA, M., EDS., GEOLOGIA Y RECURSOS MINERALES CHILENOS: UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION, CONCEPCION, P. 841-888.}{Deposit:: RUIZ, F., CARLOS, 1951, INFORME GEOLOGICO PRELIMINAR SOBRE LAS MINAS LAURA Y MANTO VERDE DE LOS POZOS: SOC. EXPL. MIN. UNPUB. INF. (SPANISH).}{Deposit:: 1951 COMPILE SOCIEDAD EXPLOTADORA DE MINA}{Deposit:: 1960 RECON U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. AND INSTITUTO INVESTIGACIONES GEOLOGIA CHILE}{Deposit:: 1963 GEOPHYS UNITED NATIONS}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Davidson, Claire B., Williams, William C.